EP2765420B1 - Nachweis von Drogen in ausgeatmeter Luft - Google Patents

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EP2765420B1
EP2765420B1 EP14164314.8A EP14164314A EP2765420B1 EP 2765420 B1 EP2765420 B1 EP 2765420B1 EP 14164314 A EP14164314 A EP 14164314A EP 2765420 B1 EP2765420 B1 EP 2765420B1
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  • This invention pertains in general to the field of systems and methods for collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject, and for detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of at least one drug substance in said exhaled breath. More particularly the invention relates to such portable systems.
  • exhaled breath is commonly used in alcohol testing and today's technology makes it possible to perform on-site breath testing with legally defensible results using infrared spectroscopy.
  • Chromatography B, 878 (2010), pages 2255-2259 describe a breath test that provides a non-invasive, not-specimen based apparatus, system and/or method for detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of at least one drug substance in a subject.
  • an improved apparatus, system and/or method for on-site sampling of a subject for drug substances is desired.
  • Such an apparatus, system and/or method for sampling the subject for illicit drugs of abuse and/or medical drugs would be desired.
  • the apparatus, system and/or method should be efficient, non-bulky, user friendly both for operators and the subject. It should further be not intruding and not invasive.
  • embodiments of the present invention seek to mitigate, alleviate or eliminate one or more deficiencies, disadvantages or issues in the art, such as the above-identified, singly or in any combination by providing a system and a method, according to the appended patent claims.
  • a portable system configured to collect a sample from exhaled breath of a subject, and for detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of at least one drug substance in said exhaled breath.
  • the system is adapted to collect the sample for further analysis using mass-spectroscopy.
  • the system comprises a sampling unit and a housing arranged to hold the sampling unit.
  • the sampling unit is adapted to collect non-volatile organic compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject.
  • the housing comprises at least one inlet for the subject to exhale into the housing to the sampling unit and at least one outlet for the exhaled breath to exit through.
  • the exhaled breath volume is not stored in a volume for analysis of the chemical contents of the entire breath volume. Rather, traces of the drug substance are attached to a collecting element and then further analyzed from this element. Analysis is not made online of the breath volume, but of the traces in the collecting element.
  • the collecting element may be removable from a housing and sent further for the analysis. Collection of the traces is made quick, a single exhalation may be sufficient. Less than 10 subsequent exhalations are more than sufficient to obtain reliable results and improve robustness of the system. This is far more convenient and quicker than any previous breath sample collection methods.
  • Non-volatile compounds are transferred from the lungs, possibly carried by an aerosol.
  • the non-volatile compounds are drug substances and could be either medical drugs or legal or illegal narcotic substances.
  • the drug substances are collected on-site using a portable system comprising a sampling unit.
  • the collected samples could be sent to a laboratory for further analysis.
  • compact on-site analysis may be performed.
  • the analysis is performed using a suitable analyzing method like spectroscopy or preferably mass-spectroscopy.
  • the sampling unit could either be a suitable element for collecting the non-volatile compounds or be a sampling unit comprising an element that is suitable to collect both non-volatile compounds.
  • the system Since the system is small and designed to be easy to handle it can be used by any personnel on-site. Thus the system is adapted to be used instead of more intrusive tests like tests based on the much common urine or blood samples.
  • the housing could be made of any material like, plastic, metal or glass as long as it is possibly to clean or make the housing aseptic.
  • the housing could alternatively or in addition be made of a disposable material. In this way the housing may, after being used for sampling, and for some embodiments also as part of the analyze step, be discarded.
  • the portable sampling system of the invention comprises a detachable mouthpiece element connectable to the inlet and being in communication with said housing element.
  • the detachable mouthpiece could be either a mouthpiece similar to the mouthpieces used by alcoholic test or a mask or any other type of mouthpieces suitable for exhaling through.
  • the mouthpiece could be fitted with valves or flow sensors.
  • the valve could be used to separate inspired fro expired air and also serve as a saliva trap.
  • the mouthpiece could be used either for making the inhalation into the portable system easier or for sanitation when the system is not a disposable system and therefore needs to be cleaned between use.
  • the portable system could comprise a pump arranged downstream the sampling unit.
  • the pump could be placed after the housing element and before or after at least one outlet.
  • the pump is arranged for helping the subject to pass the exhaled breath through the portable system.
  • This breathing assistance could benefit and help test subjects that have a low or reduced breathing capacity.
  • the portable system has a pressure drop through the system not higher than 2 cm water.
  • the pressure drop through the system has to be as low as possible. 2 cm water is what a person diagnosed with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can breath through.
  • COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • the sampling unit comprises at least one filter membrane comprising two layers wherein the first layer is a gas permeable layer and the second layer is adapted to collect non-volatile compounds from the exhaled breath of the subject.
  • Such layers are known in the field of respiratory filters, see e.g. US5195527 and US6209541 .
  • the filter membrane has preferably a mesh size to collect particles from the exhaled breath with a size of 0,2 - 0,7 ⁇ m. And even more preferably is the filter membrane chosen such that a pressure drop of less than 2 cm water occurs between said inlet and outlet at an exhalation flow rate of over 0 and up to 9 liters per second.
  • the flow rate of a subject's exhalation depends on some parameters for example the subject's age, mental state (MR, Alzheimer's), medical condition (sepsis, Parkinson's) or other medications like benzodiazepines, opiates, neuroleptics, local anesthetics or intoxicants etc.
  • the filter membrane could, after the subject has exhaled through the system, easily be removed and sent to a laboratory to be analyzed. The portable system could then be cleaned and a new filter could be put in place.
  • the collected particles from the filter are analyzable by mass-spectroscopy.
  • the mass-spectroscopy is the preferred method, also for other embodiments than those comprising a filter in the sampling unit, since the technology has a very high selectivity and sensibility of bioanalysis especially with regards to trace analytes in biological samples.
  • the preferable interface is liquid chromatography.
  • the filter membrane an electrostatic filter membrane.
  • An electrostatic filter is here defined as a filter that has an electrostatic charge that has a polarity opposite the particles that should be collected from the exhaled breath.
  • the filter could be made highly selective to certain drug substances.
  • the filters emptied from collected particles and analyzed by dissolving the collected particles from the exhaled breath in a solvent and placing the solution on a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)- substrate to be analyzed using Raman spectroscopy.
  • SERS Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  • the analysis could also be performed using a SERS-senor such as a SERS-probe.
  • the at least one filter membrane at least two filter membranes to discriminate at least two different drug substances. This is provided by having filter membranes with different filter selectivity.
  • This may be provided by stacking or arranging at least two filters adjacent each other. Each filter may have different mesh types or electrostatic charges.
  • the sampling unit could thus discriminate between at least two different drug substances. This could improve the analysis.
  • the portable system comprises a compartment for collecting saliva and/or condensate.
  • the compartment could be arranged between the at least one inlet and the sampling unit and/or after the sampling unit and the at least one outlet. This may prevent clogging of the sampling unit, e.g. when having hydrophobic filters that may become saturated by condensed humidity or saliva from the exhaled breaths.
  • two spaces could be formed: one space between the at least one inlet and the sampling unit and one space between the sampling unit and the at least one outlet.
  • a similar compartment capable to collect condensate could be arrange communicating with the space after the sampling unit and the at least on outlet.
  • compositions of the exhaled particles are believed to reflect the airway liquid fluid, which probably reflects the blood content of the drug.
  • the drug substances are believed by the inventors to most likely to come from the central part of the airway system.
  • the non-volatile drug substances are carried as liquid droplets (aerosol) that are formed during normal breathing by the turbulent airflow causing the airway-lining fluid to nebulize.
  • the aerosols are possible to collect as exhaled breath condensates.
  • the theory comes from Anesthetic studies that have showed that Anesthetic potency correlates with lipid solubility. Holds true across species and implies when a specific hydrophobic region is occupied the more soluble the anesthetic agent is in blood the faster the drug goes into the body.
  • the detectable drug substance including in the noncomprehensive list comprising Amphetamines, ecstasy, Cannabis (THC and cannabinoids), Opiates heroin/morphine, 6-AM), Cocaine, Benzodiazepines, Propoxyphene, Methadone, Buprenorphine, Tramadol, LSD, Designer/Internet drugs, Kathinon, GHB, Meprobamat, Z-drugs, Tryptamines, Anabolic steroids, Alcohol/markers but are not limited to these since other illicit drugs not included in the list could should also be detectable due to similar interchanges with the human body as the above mentioned illicit drug substances.
  • a method for portably collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject, and for detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of at least one drug substance in the exhaled breath.
  • the method comprises collecting the sample using a system, according to the aforementioned aspect of the invention, from the subject; and analyzing the collected non-volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance using mass-spectroscopy.
  • the collecting comprises collecting non-volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject in a sampling unit held in a housing of the system.
  • the collecting comprising the subject exhaling into at least one inlet of the housing to the sampling unit and further to at least one outlet to exit from the housing.
  • the method comprises discriminating between at least two different drug substances by means of at least two sampling elements.
  • the sampling element is defined as an element for suitably collecting the drug substances. This could either be the sampling unit itself or a collecting element, such as a filter or fiber probe tip, arranged in the sampling unit.
  • the method comprises collecting the at least one drug substance using at least one filter membrane arranged in the sampling unit.
  • a portable sampling system 10 is shown.
  • the system comprises a housing 12 for holding the sampling unit 14.
  • the housing 12 could either be one sole element or be constructed out of two or more parts.
  • the housing could be made of any material or combinations thereof such as, metal, plastic, glass or ceramics.
  • the housing 12 comprises at least one inlet 15 that is designed to allow a subject to exhale in.
  • the inlet is in one embodiment dimensioned to fit an optional mouth piece 11 preferably of the same size or type as a conventional mouth piece used for alcohol-test.
  • the mouth piece 11 prevents contamination between subjects to sample.
  • the exhaled breath will then enter a first chamber of the housing that is designed to spread or focus the exhaled breath over or onto the sampling unit 14.
  • the exhaled gas is thus conveyed in the housing 12 to the sampling unit 14 and brought into contact with the sampling unit 14.
  • the sampling unit comprises an arrangement that holds an element 13 for collecting at least one drug substance being non-volatile compounds from the volume of exhaled breath conveyed in the flow in the housing 12. It should be noted that the sampling unit 14 is not to be confused with an electronic sampling unit.
  • the collecting element 13 is a physical entity on which the drug substance is collected. Collection may in different embodiments be based on various principles, singly or in combination, comprising depositing, catching, fastening, condensing of non-volatile constituents on the collecting element 13.
  • the element for collecting 13 the at least one drug substance is a filter membrane.
  • the at least one drug substance may comprise one or more drug compounds.
  • the outlet 16 is, in one embodiment of the invention, the whole back of the housing 12, which is the opening of the outlet 16.
  • the filter is in this embodiment for instance attached to the housing 12 with retaining elements, such as clips.
  • the filter may also be attached to the housing 12 by means of a second housing element, which may be a ring formed element that is either screwed or slid onto the first housing element retaining the filter.
  • the filter itself will then form the back outlet opening 16 of the housing 12 while it is removable kept in the housing 12 by the retainer means.
  • the second housing element that is either screwed or slid onto the first housing element, comprises one central outlet 16.
  • many outlets 16 are arranged over the surface of the second outlet 16 in such a manner that the pressure drop is as low as possible when exhaling breath through the system 10.
  • the sampling unit 14 comprising the element suitably for collecting the drug substances 13 is hold in place by or made of spacer pieces attached to the walls of the housing 12 and either the sampling unit 14 or direct onto the element suitably for collecting the drug substances 13.
  • the sampling unit 14 is arranged such that there is an air passage around it so that the air can still flow through the sampling unit 14 even if the comprised filter (collecting element 13) became saturated causing an undesired high pressure drop.
  • This kind of sampling unit 14 arrangement thus further improves the exhaled breath spreading inside the housing 12, whereby the surface of the sampling unit 12 is used more optimal.
  • the system 10 comprises a pump 17, arranged downstream the sampling unit 14, after the housing 12 and before or after at least one outlet 16 of the housing 12.
  • the pump 17 is adapted to assists the subject to pass the exhaled breath through said system 10.
  • the pump 17 generates a negative pressure over the sampling unit 14. For example if the subject has reduced lung capacity due to drug abuse or illness, this is advantageous.
  • the sampling is assisted by the flow through the sampling unit 14 generated by the pump 17.
  • a flow sensor is arranged downstream the inlet 15 or at the mouthpiece, for measuring an exhaled volume or flow of exhaled breath.
  • the sensor may be a differential pressure sensor for measuring the differential pressure across the sampling unit 14.
  • the output from the differential pressure sensor is in non-turbulent flow linear to the flow through the sampling unit 14 which is used to calculate the volume of exhaled breath having passed the sampling unit 14. This could then be used for calculation of the concentration of drug substances in the exhaled breath.
  • the volume data are used for determining if sufficient volume has reached the sampling unit 14 for reliably determining the presence or the quantitative amount of a drug substance in the exhaled breath.
  • Some embodiments of the system 10 comprises at least one compartment for collecting saliva and/or condensate.
  • the compartment could be arranged either between said at least one inlet 15 and said sampling unit 14 and/or after said sampling unit 14 and said at least one outlet 16. This would allow for saliva comprised in the exhaled breath or condensate formed, from the moist in the exhaled breath, on the sampling unit 14 to be collected and not affect the sampling unit 14 and the comprised collecting element 13 in any negative way. Negative ways could here be a wet or clogged sampling element 13 that collects the drug substances i.e. the filter membrane.
  • Fig. 2a is an embodiment showing a housing 12 with a outlet 16 and an mouthpiece 11 in flow communication with an inlet.
  • the outlet 16 covers the main portion of the back of the housing 12.
  • the sampling unit 14 comprising a collecting element 13, being a filter membrane, be seen through the outlet 16.
  • Fig 2c shows the main parts of this embodiment of the portable system 10; a first housing part 12a; a second housing part 12b; a sampling unit 14 comprising a filter membrane.
  • the housing 12 is made of two parts the first part 12a comprises an inlet 15 that can be in flow communication with a mouthpiece 11 and a second part 12b with one large outlet 16.
  • Fig. 2d is an alternative or additional embodiment showing a housing 12 comprising a sampling unit being a filter membrane.
  • This embodiment comprises two parts that when attached forms a housing 12 that holds a filter membrane.
  • the housing comprises an inlet 15 suitable for a mouthpiece 11 and an outlet 16.
  • This embodiment is very small, light weighted and easy to carry.
  • the collecting element 13 is in form of a filter
  • the filter comprises a filtering membrane for the exhaled breath to diffuse through.
  • the filter membrane is made of a suitable absorbing, yet gas permeable, material.
  • the filter membrane will have a structure that catches and collects the drug substances being, exhaled particles, non-volatile compounds while letting gas pass through.
  • the filter membrane is operable to sample or remove chemical compounds (drug substances) from the air with a high volumetric capacity while maintaining a low pressure drop across the filter substrate.
  • the filter membrane could also be an electrostatic filter in some embodiments.
  • the filter membrane may be of a nonwoven polymeric fibrous web that is transformed into an electret.
  • the electret is a dielectric material exhibiting a quasi permanent electric charge.
  • Electret filters usually loose their charge upon long-term use. However, in the present application, the filter will not be used extensive times. A single exhalation may be sufficient to collect sufficient traces for a reliable analysis. Therefore, loss of electric charge will not be a concern in implementations of electret filter embodiments.
  • the filter membrane is a layered filter membrane. How the collecting of the analytes work is not entirely investigated. However, applicants believe that the first layer collects droplets by absorption or particles from exhaled breath. In addition, or alternatively, it could also be from exhaled breath absorbing or condensates and the small amount of water then evaporates, thus leaving thousands of analytes from the exhaled breath on the first surface. In addition, or alternatively, the analytes may be part of an aerosol conveyed by the exhaled breath, which aerosol particles stick to the first layer. Evaporation may also take place of aerosol, which then leaves the traces of the analytes on the first layer for analysis.
  • the first layer is gas permeable thus the analytes not collected on the first layer will pass through entering the second layer being a fiber like filter made of a synthetic, natural or half synthetic material.
  • the second layer has a fiber density creating a surface volume. The gat will pass through the second layer that will collect the analytes by similar mechanism as described above but it could also be due to charges of the fibers that will make the analytes stick to the surface of the fibers.
  • the filter material comprises glass fibers.
  • the glass fibers may be bearing a permanent electrostatic charge to improve the efficiency of the filter in the current application.
  • the glass fibers may be randomly oriented.
  • the glass fibers may be held in place by suitable outer layers of a different material.
  • the glass fibers may also be partly melt together to provide a solid filter cartridge. A highly efficient filter for collecting traces of chemical compounds from exhaled breath may thus be provided while maintaining a low pressure drop at high exhalation rates, as desired.
  • Fig. 4 is a graph 40 that shows the pressure drop in mm water Y as a function of the gas-flow X in the unit liter per minute and wherein the diameter of the filter is a parameter.
  • the diameters of the filters tested are 10 mm (curve 41), 13 mm (curve 42), 16 mm (curve 43), 19 mm (curve 44) and 22 mm (curve 45).
  • a small filter volume to extract from is preferred. This could be done, for this particular filter membrane, by making the diameter smaller. But at the same time the volume exhaled though the filter membrane should not generate a high drop of pressure.
  • the filter membrane should collect drug substances from a, as large volume of one deeply exhaled breath, as possible and at the same time not generate a high pressure drop.
  • a healthy person should be able to handle a pressure drop of about 20 mm of water.
  • a filter size, for this particular filter membrane, of about 16 mm should be possible to use and still have an acceptable pressure drop.
  • the sensitivity of the used LC/MS method and this particular filter membrane makes it possible to detect drug substances from one exhaled breath.
  • the results indicates that short collecting times are possible and even shorter collecting times should be performable using this particular filter membrane since the sensitivity of the LC-MS method allows for detections of lower amounts than the measured.
  • the measured amount of drug substance could also be obtained by a small filter volume to extract from. This according to what previously have been described.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic illustration illustrating an embodiment of a portable system 50 configured to collect a sample from exhaled breath of a subject 51.
  • the subject will exhale through the mouthpiece 52 being in flow communication with a housing 54 via at least one inlet 53.
  • the housing comprises a sampling unit 55 that is either a collecting element or comprises a collecting element for collecting the drug substances from the exhaled breath.
  • the exhaled breath exits the housing through at least one outlet 56.
  • the sampling unit 55 and/or collecting element is sent to a laboratory 57 to be analyzed.
  • the housing 54 could be the sampling unit 55.
  • the sampling unit 55 could comprise more than one collecting element, and/or the housing 54 could comprise more than one sampling unit, in any combination, suitably for collecting drug substances This will make it possible to discriminate between different drug substances, thus making the analysis easier to perform.
  • the sampling unit 55 comprises at least one filter membrane, but it could include a stack of filter membranes with different physical and/or chemical properties. But multiple filter could also be used by using sampling unit 55 comprising areas fitted with different filter membranes.
  • sampling system and elements for collecting drug substances should be kept clean and preferable be aseptic but do not need to be sterile.
  • Fig. 6 is a flow-chart illustrating a method 60 for using a portable system configured to collecting a sample 62 of exhaled breath and for detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount 63 of at least one drug substance in the collected sample.
  • the method comprises the steps of: A subject exhaling 61 into the invented portable system; a sampling unit will collect a sample 62 comprises drug substances; the collected sample will be analyzed using mass-spectroscopy 63.
  • Chromatograms 70 are shown from the identification of amphetamine (A) and methamphetamine (B) in exhaled breath from one subject after intake of "amphetamine".
  • Y are here representing response (CPS) and X time (min).
  • the conventionally analyzed urine and plasma data of the same subject taken for comparison reasons suggest possible intake of methamphetamine with amphetamine.
  • Identification using a sampling unit and LC-MS-MS analysis was based on the presence of compounds with correct retention time and with correct relative abundance of two product ions.
  • the identification of detected analytes was based on a correct relative (to amphetamine-d 5 ) retention time.
  • a subject will exhale 61 in and out either for a certain time or for a fixed number of times such as 1 to 10 times into a portable system.
  • each exhale could be set to last for a fixed time.
  • the exhalation could also be performed until a certain volume of exhaled breath has been obtained.
  • a deep breath is preferred to reach exhaled breath from deep lying lung portions such as the central or the peripheral lung regions.
  • the exhaled breath will then be collected 62 by the sampling unit comprising at least one element suitably for collecting drug substances before it exits the system.
  • the sampling unit will then be removed so that the at least one element suitably for collecting drug substances can be analyzed 63 using an appropriate mass-spectroscopy method.
  • the whole housing could be sent to be analyzed.

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  1. Tragbares Probeentnahmesystem, das zum Entnehmen einer zu analysierenden Probe aus der Ausatemluft einer Testperson eingerichtet ist, wobei das System umfasst:
    eine Probeentnahme-Einheit (14) und Gehäuse (12), das so angeordnet ist, dass es die Probeentnahme-Einheit (14) hält,
    wobei die Probeentnahme-Einheit (14) mindestens eine Filtermembran (13) umfasst, welche zwei Schichten aufweist, wobei es sich bei einer ersten Schicht um eine gasdurchlässige Schicht und es sich bei einer zweiten Schicht um eine faserartige Schicht handelt, die so angepasst ist, dass sie nichtflüchtige Drogenverbindungen aus der Ausatemluft der Testperson erfasst; und
    das Gehäuse (12) mindestens einen Einlass (15) umfasst, der so angepasst ist, dass die Testperson in das Gehäuse hinein ausatmen kann, und mindestens einen Auslass (16) umfasst, damit die Ausatemluft aus dem Gehäuse entweichen kann;
    ein abnehmbares Mundstückelement, das sich mit dem Einlass verbinden lässt; und
    gekennzeichnet durch einen Durchflusssensor, der so eingerichtet ist, dass er bestimmen kann, wann ein ausreichendes Volumen von Ausatemluft die Filtermembran passiert hat, wobei der Durchflusssensor an dem Mundstück oder stromabwärts des Einlasses angeordnet ist.
  2. System gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei ein Druckabfall durch das System weniger als 2 cm Wasser beträgt.
  3. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, eine Pumpe umfassend, wobei die Pumpe stromab der Filtermembran angeordnet ist.
  4. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei die Filtermembran eine Maschengröße zum Erfassen von Partikeln aus der Ausatemluft mit einer Größe von 0,2 bis 0,7 µm aufweist; und/oder wobei die Filtermembran aus einem synthetischen oder natürlichen oder halbsynthetischen Material hergestellt ist; und/oder wobei es sich bei der Filtermembran um einen polymeren Vliesfaserflor handelt; und/oder wobei die zweite Schicht elektrostatisch ist.
  5. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei die Filtermembran so ausgewählt ist, dass es bei einer Ausatmungs-Durchflussrate von ungefähr 0 bis 9 l/min zwischen dem Einlass und dem Auslass zu einem Druckabfall von weniger als 2 cm Wasser kommt.
  6. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die im Filter erfassten Partikel mittels Massenspektroskopie analysiert werden können.
  7. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei die Probeentnahme-Einheit mindestens zwei Filtermembranen [aufweist], die so eingerichtet sind, dass sie mindestens zwei verschiedene nichtflüchtige Verbindungen unterscheiden können.
  8. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei eine Kammer zur Entnahme von Speichel und/oder Kondensat zwischen dem mindestens einen Einlass und der Probeentnahme-Einheit und/oder nach der Probeentnahme-Einheit und dem mindestens einen Auslass angeordnet ist.
  9. System gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, wobei es sich bei den nichtflüchtigen Verbindungen um mindestens eine Drogensubstanz in der Ausatemluft handelt, wobei dies Verbindungen sind, die über die Lungenmembran aus dem Blut der Testperson übertragen werden können; und/oder wobei es sich bei der nichtflüchtigen Verbindung um mindestens eine Drogensubstanz in der Ausatemluft handelt, die in der Liste enthalten ist, welche Amphetamine, Ecstasy, Cannabis, THC und Cannabinoide, Opiate, Heroin, Morphin, 6-AM, Kokain, Benzodiazepine, Propoxyphen, Methadon, Buprenorphin, Tramadol, LSD, Designer/Internet-Drogen, Cathinon, GHB, Meprobamat, Z-Drogen, Tryptamine oder anabole Steroide umfasst.
  10. Verfahren zur tragbaren Entnahme einer Probe aus der Ausatemluft einer Testperson und zum Feststellen des Vorhandenseins oder zur Bestimmung der quantitativen Menge mindestens einer Drogensubstanz, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    Entnahme (62) einer Probe aus der Ausatmung (61) der Testperson mittels eines tragbaren Systems gemäß einem beliebigen der vorhergehenden Ansprüche; und
    Analyse der entnommenen nichtflüchtigen Verbindungen der mindestens einen Drogensubstanz unter Verwendung von Massenspektroskopie.
  11. Verfahren gemäß Anspruch 10, wobei die Entnahme das Ausatmen der Testperson in mindestens einen Einlass des Gehäuses zu der Filtermembran und weiter zu mindestens einem Auslass hin umfasst, so dass ein Entweichen aus dem Gehäuse erfolgt; und/oder das Verfahren die Erzeugung eines Sogs mittels einer Pumpe umfasst, die stromab der Filtermembran angeordnet ist; und/oder wobei der Sog die Testperson dabei unterstützt, die Ausatemluft durch die Filtermembran hindurch zu schicken.
  12. Verfahren gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 10 bis 11, wobei ein Fluss der Ausatemluft einen Druckabfall von nicht mehr als 2 cm Wasser über die Probeentnahme-Einheit hinweg erzeugt; und/oder wobei die Filtermembran eine Maschengröße zum Erfassen von Partikeln aus der Ausatemluft mit einer Größe von 0,2 bis 0,7 µm aufweist; und/oder wobei die Filtermembran aus einem synthetischen oder natürlichen oder halbsynthetischem Material hergestellt ist; und/oder wobei es sich bei der Filtermembran um einen polymeren Vliesfaserflor handelt; und/oder wobei die zweite Schicht der zweischichtigen Filtermembran elektrostatisch ist.
  13. Verfahren gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 10 bis 12, die Entnahme von Speichel und/oder Kondensat aus der Ausatemluft unter Verwendung einer Kammer umfassend, die zwischen dem mindestens einen Einlass und der Filtermembran angeordnet ist; und/oder die Unterscheidung zwischen mindestens zwei verschiedenen nichtflüchtigen Verbindungen mittels mindestens zweier Filtermembranen umfassend.
  14. Verfahren gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 10 bis 13, wobei es sich bei den nichtflüchtigen Verbindungen um mindestens eine Drogensubstanz in der Ausatemluft handelt, wobei dies Verbindungen sind, die über die Lungenmembran aus dem Blut der Testperson übertragen werden können; und/oder wobei es sich bei den nichtflüchtigen Verbindungen um mindestens eine Drogensubstanz in der Ausatemluft handelt, wobei diese in der Liste enthalten ist, welche Amphetamine, Ecstasy, Cannabis, THC und Cannabinoide, Opiate, Heroin, Morphin, 6-AM, Kokain, Benzodiazepine, Propoxyphen, Methadon, Buprenorphin, Tramadol, LSD, Designer/Internet-Drogen, Cathinon, GHB, Meprobamat, Z-Drogen, Tryptamine, oder anabole Steroide umfasst.
  15. Verwendung eines Systems gemäß einem beliebigen der Ansprüche 1 bis 9 oder eines Verfahrens gemäß Ansprüchen 10 bis 14 zur nicht-intrusiven Atemkontrolle auf Drogensubstanzen bei einer Testperson; oder als ein Ersatz für das Testen der Testperson auf die Drogensubstanz anstelle des Testens von Blut oder Urin.
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